BBC shelves Question of Sport, blaming ‘funding challenges’

Corporation halts production on world’s longest-running sport quiz after 53 years and says it is ‘not the final whistle’

The BBC is pulling Question of Sport, the world’s longest-running sport quiz, citing “funding difficulties”.

The show began in 1970 with David Vine as presenter, followed by David Coleman, Sue Barker and the current incumbent, Paddy McGuinness, who took over two years ago.